Xenoblade Chronicles X Has Scantily Dressed 13 Year Old

Straight off the bat, this is NSFW, as you might have guessed from the article title.

Some lucky people in Japan have received their copies of the new Xenoblade game, which is due to release on April 29th. Many have decided to stream the game on Twitch and hitbox which has shown off new content

[BrandanT]

Don't all teens nowadays dress scantily.

[Bansai]

what's wrong with faces in this game, they're horrible :/

[MrSwankSinatra]

I said the exact same thing and people blasted me for it. You can't critique anything about nintendo otherwise it's a sin.

[Activemessiah]

Faces can be customised so don't worry... most people don't like the default look anyway.

[LOL_WUT]

Yeah the faces really stick out like a sore thumb wish they would spend more time on that. ;)

[Griever]

@Activemessiah

You cant fix the faces of the NPCs and party members. lol

As for 13 year old girl; they will just make her 18 years old in the western release. As an Asian I find it very amusing how the age 18 is an absolute standard and set in stone for Western people. I have been playing Bravely Default and was quite annoyed that they made every character above 18 in the western release and even censored some of the costumes. What if the government made 15 years of age the legal age of consent/maturity tomorrow?? Or what if they made 30 years the legal age of consent/maturity? Will people adjust their views suddenly? People need to understand that THEIR ways and THEIR laws are not absolute and not the only right ones. IMO it is all just cultural and quite arbitrary. No need to make a fuss over it if she 13 and wearing a bikini top.

[Clown_Syndr0me]

@Greiver Paedophile alert..

[N4g_null]

Some one puts a custom outfit on the girl and some how monolith are the preverts. Interesting. Well you guys asked for this. You don't want nintendo to censor anything and that is what we get! No hold bars everything.

I think I'll leave her clothes on. Incoming patch in 3 2 1... imagine hearing the bastard that did this in voice chat... people on the Internet are just messed up that's all.

[Griever]

@Clown_Syndrome

A pedophile is a person inflicted with the mental illness Pedophilia who is unable to find sexual gratification with adults. He solely targets children for his sexual gratification. Cultural and legal differences between countries cannot be labelled as pedophilia. In Japan legal age of consent/maturity is 13 years and they are well within their laws. In my country we consider 15 years of age old of enough to get married. They are not considered kids except for when speaking relatively in comparison to other older individuals. Western laws of 18 years of age do not apply to the whole world. Please educate yourself. A Sociology course would do you much good.

[XenoUltra]

apparently someone didnt play XenoSaga lel

[Loadedklip]

@ Griever People here in the United States are ignorant to the fact that 18 years of age is not even the age of consent in a lot of states.

New York is 17 while New Jersey is 16.
Every state has it's own rules for consent.

[DragonKnight]

First thing I thought of when I read the title.

*In complete sarcasm* "Oh no!"

Second thing I thought of.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Geez. You know, I really think there are people in the world actually determined to make video games have the impact on life they want them to have. What I mean by that is that countless studies have proven that games don't have the negative impact on life that people like Jack Thompson or Anita Sarkeesian have said that they do, but there are people determined to be examples of the idea that they do so they exaggerate every little thing as being a problem.

@Clown_Syndr0me: That was completely uncalled for. You aren't funny, or smart, for having said that.

@Griever: Exactly, cultural ideals are different across the world. There is even sociological and biological arguments stating that because society, Western mostly, forces people to remain as being seen as "children" until the age of 18 while their bodies have already entered adulthood at the onset of puberty, that many behavioural issues endemic to the ages of 13-18, and long term personality flaws afterward, are the result of the body being forced to suppress its adulthood to an arbitrarily decided societal age of maturity.

All minds develop at different rates, but all bodies are technically adult once puberty has started and fully matured once it stops. Some places in the world recognized this fact and developed their culture around it. Others strictly followed Puritanical religious thought and created arbitrary societal rules to govern what is and is not considered adulthood. Naturally, laws had to follow to "protect" the innocent. The motive isn't horrible, but the implementation has always, and will always, be woefully imperfect.

[MilkMan]

Same as Star Ocean 5. Compare them and you'll see.

[Xavior_Reigns]

Pretty much... its called jailbait.

[Naga]

Except the age of consent in Japan is 13... so I guess there's no jail - just bait.

Eww. I felt dirty even saying that.

[Xavior_Reigns]

@ Naga

I was referring to girls elsewhere and especially in the US. It's disturbing how some of them can pull off the 21 look when they're just 14 or so.

Gotta have a good eye or you're** screwed.

[dragongod64]

Before I was even 13 years old i fell in love with a girl & if it was not for the law i would have mared her, 15yr old still in love, 18 still, For the past 20 I have loved her, I am 30.
Your age has little to do with when you should get mared.
Take it from some one who knows.

[maximus1985]

and all pedophiles have an excuse for what they find arousing

[Concertoine]

Are you calling him a pedophile for making an observation? Lol, this site...

[BrandanT]

Dude, I'm in high school and I often see girls dress in very revealing ways.

[TrollsBringer]

Two sisters in front of me. One is 18 and the other is 17. I find the latter sexier. Am I a sick pedofile pervert?

[Snookies12]

Haha, after reading all these comments I had to see the pic... Normally these issues with younger looking characters being under dressed are blown out of proportion. This time... It definitely does go a bit too far. I mean, I think strippers have more coverage on their chest than this outfit, lol.

[Concertoine]

I doubt this'll even make it to the west. They remove stuff like this from western versions all the time.

[Lukejrl]

Yea. I agree with everything. I will still play it for the actual game content, it is story that I focus on. Also in the last xenoblade chronicles changing armor actually change the character drawing. So I imagine that this is probably the generic swimsuit armor that fits on everyone. It would be your choice to put it on this caharacter

I work in a area where I had to get several record checks done Because dealing with minors is as common as adults. these kids dress as skimpy as possible. at one teen dance the organisers brought in couches for the kids to lounge on. We had to kick several out for basically screwing on the couches. They left the place a mess. We found tons of hotel shampoo bottles in bathrooms because they would empty the stuff at the hotel and fill them with liquor to sneak it passed security.

so from what I have seen this is not far off from what actual kids have worn. Does that make it right for adults to dress them that way? No, and really it is the parents who see that conduct as harmless that really degrades their own kids.

[AWBrawler]

oh shut up already! its no worse that sheena's swimsuit in Tsles of Symphonia, and she was what? 14? its a game. sheesh

[Snookies12]

@AWBrawler - Telling me to shut up is quite immature. I'm normally fine with whatever. I just said this goes a little overboard with it... Not outright crucifying it. Just saying, they should have been a little more tasteful...

[Segata]

Star Ocean 3 the girl is 14 and her fly is always open first couple hours of the game.

[Bigpappy]

that doesn't make it right or tasteful. People's little children should be looked on by adults as sex objects. That's just plain wrong. I could see if it were other children making the game and they were just imitating what they saw 13yr olds doing. But these are grown men making these games.

[AWBrawler]

its a game character not anybodies child, technically her age is 0 until the game releases or they can say she's whatever age they like. Heck there's grown women who look like her in japan. they just young looking anyway.

[rainslacker]

Guess the author should never go to the beach or a pool. There are 13-16yo girls there that wear much more revealing clothing than what's shown in this picture.

@big

I agree in general. A little moderation by parents would be quite welcome.

That being said though, I see this picture, and it doesn't look like the character is dressing to be sexy. It's just one of those ridiculous outfits that some RPG's like to think of as appropriate armor that hardly covers anything.

[benji101]

I think the people who get the most offended by this stuff are the people you should not leave your 13 year old daughter around.

[rainslacker]

Couldn't say. I can say they are being judgemental without actually having all the facts though. It's easy enough to see a person, and make a decision immediately on how you think they are, and i see this as no different really.

I see young girls who dress "sexy" all the time. I don't seek it out, it's just around. I don't automatically think that they're sexual objects though, nor am I offended by it. I've been around too long on this earth to not spend time gawking at something like that, and I would never presume to know how a person is just because of the way they dress. People dress with what they are comfortable in, and if a young girl is comfortable wearing something like this, then it's not really anyone's place to make them into something they're not.

[Dir_en_grey]

I always wonder, by middle eastern standards, western women all dress like scants anyway. So why should everything be on western standards?

[noxeven]

Dont really care. Just change the age in the manual done. Stop censoring this stuff or just dont bring it over here at all.

[Concertoine]

I'll take the whole game without a skimpy outfit over it not coming here at all.

[Sonyslave3]

-___- In some places this would be consider child porn.

Wow that news to me Japan age of consent is 13 years old now I know why some many anime character r under age.

[maximus1985]

I notice your getting disagrees but its true.

[FlyingFoxy]

In the USA and UK you can buy anime figures of underage characters that let you remove clothes, exposing certain parts.

The law makes little sense with this stuff, it's random. Basically something is only illegal if people kick up a fuss. Disagree all you like, ignorance is bliss.

[maximus1985]

laws are sometimes slow to catch up with what society finds to be immoral. For example slavery was legal but wrong.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

I don't think you know what porn is.
But tell me, i assume you are a fan of western comics judging by your avatar. So how are half of Marvel and DC's teen female heros dressed in skimpy outfits like super girl not child porn if this is?

@below
I'm not making excuses, i'm only curious whether sonyslave3 is a hypocrite or not.

However my point is vald either way, because i know there are plenty of people who would be okay with one but not the other.

[maximus1985]

now your trying to make excuses using western comics? look your just using the straw man argument. nice try

[ShockUltraslash]

maximus1985 Stop trying to dodge the question and answer the thing.

[q8kik]

@Big_Game_Hunters

You know what's funny?

Everyone freaks out about Japanese games or media when it involves these types of subjects

BUT.......when Eric Cartman (a 9 years old kid) gives Ben Affleck(a grown ass man) a FREAKING handjob everybody is ok with it "cuz it's too funny"

People are hypocrites.

[Sonyslave3]

-__- My avatar pic is SheHulk and she well over the age of 20 and most of Dc and Marvel are adults or at least the age of 18 or older.

[rainslacker]

I think he's asking about the one's that aren't over 18(or whatever you consider acceptable) and are still dressed "scantily".

To add to the question, what about ones that wear skin tight body suits that leave little to the imagination like say any of the Xmen?. Many would consider that clothing sexy, so is it now porn?

Since most of the characters in Xenoblade Chronicles are older and not scantily clad, is the game now OK based on your reasoning?

[FamilyGuy]

Porn = sexual act
This is not that
It isn't even nudity

I disagree with your terminology.

[Halo2ODST2]

The girls in my school wear less clothes than her, either transparant leggings or skirts that don't cover anything, so would the girls in my school - aged 12-18 be considered child porn by you? (in the UK, at high school)

[Lukejrl]

no, but really those girls that wear that can't say anything when someone attracted to them looks. they are inviting it. looks not feels mind you. i thank god i have 2 sons. when you have boys you only have to worry about their dicks, with girls you gotta worry about everyone elses

[rainslacker]

I've seen worse on the Disney channel. Seriously, this is less revealing than a bikini, and any aged girl could legally walk around in one.

I'm against the exploitation of children as much as the next guy, but this outfit is more ridiculous than it is sexy. It may be revealing, or scanty, but pornographic it is not.

[fatneal]

oh gawd here we go with this nonsense...im so sick of people critiquing and criticizing and just overthinking other people creations...you cant censor art!!!!

todays society needs to relearn how to mind their own business and learn to not indulge in what they dont like or agree with...why is it ok to attempt to have things banned or removed or altered just because YOU dont like or agree with it? if i dont care for something them i simply dont indulge

[MrSwankSinatra]

Having a underdressed 13 year old is not art, under any stretch of the imagination.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

True but you don't have to equip it. Its not like underdressed young girls is anything new n JRPGs. Look at FF10. Riku is 15yrs old and is even more revealing. Not sure why suddenly its a huge deal.

@Vishmarx
yeah and that was a 40 year old man.
I know that the swimsuits aren't the best armor because i watched the original stream, when the japanese guy playing found the bikini bottoms in the item shop he went bonkers like a typical pathetic weebo and equiped them on his entire party including his female character. The oils in Xenoblade were only lategame items because the WII didn't have the power to have more than a few visually unique armor sets. Its clearly different in X. Its not like oils were the only viable option anyway.

[vishmarx]

@big game
you played xeno c?
you might HAVE TO.theyre not purely cosmetic you know.
in xeno c, some of the best gear(depending on build) for certain characters was a bikini.
one char had a build solely designed around him/her not wearing any armor

[goldwyncq]

There are plenty of paintings of nude children way younger than 13 in the olden times that are considered art though.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

It's only an issue if you're of a mind so sick that seeing an undressed fantasy minor makes you lust after the real thing.

It's a f#$%ing cartoon!
A moving drawing on a computer!
Who gives a crap if its buck-a$$ naked or if you're getting horny over it!
Just keep hands off the real thing, and never lust over the real thing, and that's all that matters.

[MrSwankSinatra]

@wonderfulmonkeyman Why is it that every comment section I see you in all you do is damage control.

[fatneal]

see thats the thing...people being put off by nakedness regardless of age this speaks to a deeper issue...why is nudity bad? why did certain societies around the world make being nude bad or automatically sexual? it makes no sense to me...imo people are afraid of their own dirty thoughts thats why the project unwarranted hate towards something so natural and liberating

[rainslacker]

According to US law it actually can be. The child can not depict the underage person in an erotic way though. Otherwise, half the people who post pictures of their kids on face book would be in jail right now...along with about half the kids who post on facebook.

Laws vary from country to country as well, so you're applying you're own cultural interpretation to what this is....wrongly if I may add.

[Spotie]

Having an underdressed 13 year old is called modern day life in America. Freakin get over it.

And while you may be right, Swank, about monkeyman's other comments mostly being damage control, he's absolutely right here.

Half the reason any of this is a problem is because it's made to be such a big damn deal. LIFE is sexualized, so even when there should be nothing to get aroused about, there's almost an involuntary arousal because it's something you're not supposed to get aroused by. Like how Prohibition only made alcohol that much more desirable here in the US.

One more thing: 13 year-olds play games, too. I know when I was that young, I wanted to see what my female classmates looked like naked, not some 30-something blonde that was more silicone than flesh. For a kid that age, this may be the closest they'll get for quite a while(though there are certainly those who have seen far more than that, these days).

Seems like you're all so busy being prudes you've forgotten that more than 40 year old virgins are gonna be playing games. It's no different than the "feminists" who think they speak for all women when they create controversies and generally disparage men in a bid for superiority under the guise of equality.

[magiciandude]

"Having a underdressed 13 year old is not art, under any stretch of the imagination."

Well then welcome to the dull, boring, PC-driven world of "I am unable to separate fantasy and reality."

[maximus1985]

fatneal we have rating systems for a reason. I can understand that there are people like your self who enjoy underage images (since your kind doesnt like me calling it child porn) but that doesnt mean the rest of society will agree. There should be rating systems for your kind of audience so that the rest of us dont have to be subjected to underage imagery.

[AWBrawler]

sigh This is Starfire, a TEEN Titan. keyword TEEN. But this is okay?
http://img2.wikia.nocookie....
http://img2.wikia.nocookie....
http://fc03.deviantart.net/...

and what about these good ole american characters?
http://l.yimg.com/os/publis...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--...

they've done far worst things than wear a skimpy outfit, and even somethings that would easily be called child porn if their show was real people instead of cartoons.

[MRMagoo123]

Its not real , no one is being harmed or traumatized.........get over it ffs

[spicelicka]

And I'm sick of people defending it. Criticism is a part of our freedom as much as art is a freedom of expression. If we feel a certain way towards something and have good reasoning why shouldn't we say it? I'm not talking about legal matters, just ethics.

And it's not necessarily art, if the creator of this sat there and thought "oh I'm gonna make this girl look 13 year old and skimpy as possible because I'm so creative" then there's something wrong with that. It's CLEARLY used for exploitation and publicity. Anything can be passed as art because art has no parameters. Criticism determines our values as a society and we shouldn't let those values be skewed so easily.

Now it's 13 year olds, soon it's gonna be 10 year olds or some or craziness. The envelope will keep getting pushed as long as it garners attention and publicity, which in turn means money, that's all it is, money.

[Hoffmann]

Inb4 Anita Sarkeesian tweets about it

[KrystofKage1]

"Another example of cis male fantasies, i'm a gamer, but i hate games except the ones my douchebag, pink haired, hipster friends make."

[Big_Game_Hunters]

So don't equip it, The items in this game are created so any character can use it as long as they meet the stat requirements. Its not like they made that set specifically for LYN.

@below
Its customized, probably by some pervert weebo.

[persona4chie]

Is that the the in game characters outfit or a customized costume?

[Segata]

Custom. This is her normal look http://i.imgur.com/4fyegPH....

[persona4chie]

Just as I figured. This article is pointless. It would be one thing if that was the costume the creators designed for her, but since it's a custom costume you can probably equipped to any female character then that's different. While I'm not particularly defending scantily clad characters or costumes in general, this article was just made to give SOMETHING related to Nintendo flak. Sure Nintendo may disable the ability to equip that costume on younger characters, and rightfully so, but for people to try and bash them or monolith for "giving" that costume to a 13 year old is just ignorant.